The Casey Jones State Trail is named after the famed railroad engineer Casey Jones, who died in a railroad accident in 1900, and was immortalized in a famed, well-known ballad. The trail was one of the first state trails authorized by the state of Minnesota when State Trail legislation was passed in the late 1960s.

master plan

using the trail

The trail consists of three main sections, not yet connected to one another:

Thirteen miles between the city of the Pipestone and the Pipestone/Murray County line. Five miles of that section are paved, from a trailhead in the city of Pipestone to County Highway 16. There is a naturally-surfaced trail parallel to the paved section for horse, mountain bike and snowmobile use.

A naturally-surfaced segment runs from two and a half miles west of Lake Wilson into the city of Lake Wilson.

A six mile, paved loop between Lake Shetek State Park and the city of Currie.

Horseback riding is not permitted on the paved sections of the trail.

Motorized vehicles, other than snowmobiles, are not allowed on any portion of the trail.